Dancers in the Family

While it can certainly be said that Tolleys are performers, we have had several dancers in the family. Uncle John danced in several school musicals, but Aunt Carrie actually took dance lessons. She performed onstage at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. Perhaps if you ask her, she will tap dance to Sinatra's "Love and Marriage," like she did back in the day. I remember thinking that her little pink and white costume was very glamorous. Of course you had a couple of glamorous dancing costumes yourself. I will never forget the day your dance troupe was performing at the grand opening of the new Metrolink station. On our way to catch the train, we ran into a prostitute who told you that she liked your sparkly pants. You can all trace your talents to Grandpa Tolley, the original family dancer. Back when he was a teenager, he danced on TV with a group called the Polka Teens. I'll bet they also had glamorous outfits because this was like an early MTV. I keep hoping someone posts an old movie of the Teens on YouTube. So far, no luck.  It is rumored that Grandma Tolley had something to do with the breakup of The Polka Teens. Teenage bombshell that she was, it seems that she lured Grandpa away from dancing with the Teens. So maybe all the Tolleys have a little bit of dancer in us. That would explain why some of us like sequins so much.